Undocumented youths apply for work permits

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Rigoberto Barboza, left, of La Puente takes notes as he waits to fill out paperwork at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. He says he is a attending college and has been in the U.S. since age 11.

Rigoberto Barboza, left, of La Puente takes notes as he waits to fill out paperwork at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. He says he is a attending college and has been in the U.S. since age 11. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

UCLA student Justino Mora, 23, center, in red shirt, walks through the crowd as hundreds of young immigrants line up Wednesday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Mora is the student leader of the California Dream Network.

UCLA student Justino Mora, 23, center, in red shirt, walks through the crowd as hundreds of young immigrants line up Wednesday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Mora is the student leader of the California Dream Network. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds of youths started lining up at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the offices of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles to apply for a reprieve from deportation and get work permits on the first day of a new federal program.

Hundreds of youths started lining up at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the offices of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles to apply for a reprieve from deportation and get work permits on the first day of a new federal program. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Brenda Robles, 20, left, of Torrance and Alexandra De La Cruz, 21, of Hawthorne wait with hundreds of young immigrants lined up outside the offices of Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles.

Brenda Robles, 20, left, of Torrance and Alexandra De La Cruz, 21, of Hawthorne wait with hundreds of young immigrants lined up outside the offices of Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Thousands of immigrants lined up to apply for work permits and a reprieve from deportation on the first day of the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Read the story.